Alexandria Festival of the Lakes

FIFTEEN SEASONS OF FESTIVALS
1993 ~ 2008

Repertoire Artist Roster Photos

As we continue our Second Decade, we would like to present this retrospective of Festival of the Lakes artists and repertoire. This listing of chamber music, orchestral works, solo repertoire, and songs, along with the artists, provide an overview of the Festival over these sixteen years, and demonstrate to all the breadth and scope of the Festival of the Lakes. (Because of space restrictions, not every composition or participant could be listed.)

Bruce Adolphe	Tyrannosaurus Sue - A Cretaceous Concerto - 2002
Alexander Alyabyev	The Nightingale - 2000
Anton Arensky	Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 32 - 1994, 1998
Dominick Argento	Selections fr. Letters from Composers - 2005
Johann Sebastian Bach	Organ Passacaglia in C minor - 1994 Brandenburg Concerto # 2 in F Major - 1998 Keyboard Concerto in G minor, BWV 1058 - 2002 Concerto in the Italian Syle - 2002 Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042 - 2005 Brandenburg Concerto #5 in D Major - 2007
Samuel Barber	Summer Music for wind quintet - 2001 String Quartet - 2004
Milton Barnes	Divertimento for Harp & Strings - 2001
Ludwig van Beethoven	Symphony Nr. 2 in D Major, Op. 36, 1st movement, arr. for piano trio by Beethoven - 1993 Serenade for String Trio in D Major Op. 8 - 1994 Piano Sonata Nr. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 - 1996 Septet in E-flat Major, Op. 20 - 1996 Trio for Clarinet, Cello & Piano, Op. 11 - 1997 Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 1, Nr. 1 - 1999 Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus - 1999 Choral Fantasy, Op. 80 - 1999 Triple Concerto, Op. 56 - 1999 Piano Trio, Op. 126a (Kakadu) - 2001 Sonata for Horn and Piano, Op. 17 - 2004 Quintet for Piano and Winds, Op. 16 - 2005 Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer" - 2007
Leonard Bernstein	Maria (a West Side Story Paraphrase, arr. Rosen) for viola and piano - 1996 I Hate Music! (5 Kid Songs) - 2008
Hans Berwald	Grand Septet - 1995
George Bizet	Carmen Suite (arr. Jo Hanson) - 1993, 1994, 1998, 2003 Carmen Suite (arr. Rodion Shchedrin) - 2001 Jeux d'enfants, Op. 22 - 2005
Luigi Boccherini	Introduction and Fandango - 1996
Claude Bolling	Suite for Violin & Jazz Piano Trio - 1997 Suite for Cello & Jazz Trio - 2002
François Borne	Fantasy Brillante on Themes fr. Carmen - 1999
Alexander Borodin	String Quartet # 2 in D Major - 2000
Giovanni Bottesini	Grand Duo Concertante (violin and bass) - 2006
Eugène Bozza	En Forêt, for French horn & piano - 1995
Johannes Brahms	Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25 - 1993, 1998, 2002 Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 101 - 1993 Horn Trio, Op. 40 - 1995, 2003 Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 32 - 1996, 2003 Six Piano Pieces, Op. 118 - 1996 Trio in A minor for clarinet, cello & piano - 2000 Academic Festival Overture - 2000 Concerto for Violin, Cello & Orchestra - 2000 Sonata for Cello & Piano, Op. 38 - 2002 Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op. 120, #1 - 2007 Liebeslieder Walzer, Op. 52 - 2008 Clarinet Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 120, #2 - 2008 Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 108 - 2008 Neue Liebeslieder Walzer, Op. 65 - 2008
Frank Bridge	Love Went a-Riding - 2000
Benjamin Britten	Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58 - 2005 Lachrymae for viola and piano - 2006
Hans Bronsart von Shellendorf	Piano Trio in G minor - 1993
Max Bruch	Five Pieces fr. Op. 83 (clarinet, viola, piano) - 1997
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco	Quintet for Guitar & Strings, Op. 143 - 1996, 2005 Figaro fr. Rossini's The Barber of Seville - 1998
Frédéric Chopin	Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53 - 1996 Waltz in E minor - 1998 Waltz in C sharp minor - 1998
Rebecca Clarke	Viola Sonata - 2003
Carl Czerny	Grande Serenade Concertante, Op. 126 - 2001
Victor Davies	Variations on Gershwin's I Got Rhythm - 1996, 2003 Tango 55 fr. Piano Trio Nr. 1, "Silhouettes" - 1997
Claude Debussy	Petite Suite - 2005 Sonata for Cello and Piano - 2006 Première Rhapsodie - 2007
François Devienne	Bassoon Quartet, Op. 73, #1 - 2005
Ernst von Dohnányi	Piano Quintet in C minor - 2001
Antonín Dvorák	Bagatelles, Op. 47 - 1994 Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 90 (Dumky) - 1997 Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81 - 1999, 2006 Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65 - 2000 String Quintet in G Major, Op. 77 - 2004 Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, #7, #8; Op. 72, #2, #5 - 2005
Georges Enesco	Konzertstück for viola & piano - 2001
Eric Ewazen	Sonata for Trumpet & Piano - 1998
Manuel de Falla	Suite Populaire Espagnol (trans. for viola & piano by Rainer Moog) - 1993
Gabriel Fauré	Dolly, Op. 56 - 2005
Jean Françaix	Octet - A Huit (For Eight) - 2004
César Franck	Piano Quintet in F minor - 1999, 2002 Sonata for Piano & Violin - 2001
M. Gebauer	Duo for Two Violins, Op. 10, Nr. 5 - 1994
François René Gebauer	Trio for Bassoon, Violin and Cello, Op. 33, #3 - 2006
George Gershwin	Rhapsody in Blue - 2000
William Gilbert & Sir Arthur Sullivan	various arias - 2000
Reinhold Glière	Duets for Violin & Cello, Op. 39 - 1993
Mikhail Glinka	Grand Sextet in E-flat Major - 1994, 2000 Trio Pathétique - 1995, 2008
Edvard Grieg	String Quartet in G minor, Op. 27 - 2004 Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36 - 2008
George Frideric Handel	Passacaglia (arr. by Halvorsen) - 1994 Harmonious Blacksmith (arr. by Salzedo) - 2001 Arias for tenor fr. Jephtha, Samson, Esther, and Messiah - 2005 Harpsichord Suite #5 in E Major, HWV 430 - 2007
Franz Joseph Haydn	Piano Trio in A Major, Hob. XV:18 - 1994 Piano Trio in F-sharp minor, Hob. XV:26 - 1997 Piano Trio in G Major, Hob. XV:25 - 1998, 2003 Clarinet Trio #3 in B-flat Major, H. IV:B1
Johann Nepomuk Hummel	Piano Quintet, Op. 87 - 1993
Ilja Hurník	Sonata da camera - 2007
Scott Joplin	3 Rags (arr. Gunther Schuller) - 2000
Aram Khachaturian	Clarinet Trio - 2004
Jean-Marie Leclair	Sonata III in D Major for Violin and Continuo - 2000
Pietro Antonio Locatelli	Flute Sonata in D Major, Op. 2, #5 - 2007
Bohuslav Martinu	Three Madrigals for Violin & Viola - 2005 Duo #2 for Violin & Viola, H. 331- 2008
Felix Mendelssohn	Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 66 - 1994, 1999, 2003 Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 49 - 1995 Allegro brillant (piano duet) - 1995, 2005 Konzertstuck in F minor, Op. 113 - 2006
Olivier Messiaen	Quartet for the End of Time - 2008
Vittorio Monti	Czardas - 1995, 2003
Moritz Moszkowski	Suite in G minor for 2 violins & piano, Op. 71 - 1998
Wolfgang Amadè Mozart	Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478 - 1993, 1997, 2002, 2006 Church Sonatas, K. 244; K. 336 - 1994 Clarinet Quintet, K. 581 - 1994, 2002 Kegelstatt Trio in E-flat Major, K. 498 - 1996, 2006 L'amerò, sarò, costante from Il re pastore, - 1996 Sonata in C Major for piano 4-hands, K. 521 - 1998 Divertimento Nr. 1 in D Major, K. 136 - 1999, 2003 Quintet for Piano & Winds, K. 452 - 1999 Eine kleine Nachtmusik - 2000 Oboe Quartet, K. 370 - 2001 Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 414 - 2001 Horn Quintet, K. 407 - 2003 Piano Concerto in E-flat Major, K.449 - 2003 Divertimento (String Trio) in E-flat Major, K. 563 - 2004 Sonata in D Major for piano 4-hands, K. 381 - 2005 Duo in B-flat Major for Violin and Viola, K. 424 - 2006
Willson Osborne	Rhapsody for solo clarinet - 2006
Niccolò Paganini	Variations fr. Rossini's Moses arr. for bass & piano - 1995, 2002 Cantabile in D Major (violin & guitar) - 1996 Duo Nr. 12 in G Major (violin & guitar) - 1996
Ramòn Pelinski	Neurotango, for accordion & piano - 1997
Astor Piazzolla	Five Tango Sensations - 1997
Gabriel Pierné	Impromptu Caprice - 2001
David Popper	Hungarian Rhapsody for cello and piano - 1995, 2003
Francis Poulenc	Dances from Suite Française (arr. Huggett) - 1997 Sextet for Piano & Winds - 1999 Trio for Piano, Oboe & Bassoon - 2001 Sonata pour piano a 4 mains - 2005
Serge Prokofiev	Contradance, Op. 96 fr. Lermontov (piano) - 1996 Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 119 - 2000 Overture on Hebrew Themes - 2000 Peter & the Wolf (arr. Robinson) - 2000 Flute Sonata in D Major, Op. 94 - 2007
Sergei Rachmaninov	Prelude in C sharp minor - 1998 various songs - 2000
Maurice Ravel	Pavane pour une infante défunte (piano) - 1996 Ma Mère l'Oye (piano duet) - 2002 Piano Trio in A minor - 2005
Max Reger	String Trio, Op. 77b - 2004
Anton Reicha	Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 96 - 2005 Grand Quintet for Bassoon & Strings - 2008
Gioacchino Rossini	Sonata a Quattro Nr. 3 in C major - 1994, 2002 Duetto for cello & contrabass - 2003
Nino Rota	Clarinet Sonata in D Major - 2005
Camille Saint-Saëns	Le Carnaval des animaux - 1997 The Wedding Cake Waltz, Op. 76 - 1998 Fantasie for violin & harp - 2001 Sonata for Bassoon and Piano - 2004 Sonata for Clarinet and Piano - 2006
Carlos Salzedo	Chanson dans la nuit - 2001
Franz Schubert	Piano Quintet in A major, D.667 - 1993, 1998 Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D. 965 - 1996 Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 554 - 1996 Octet in F Major, D. 803 - 2004 Fantasie in F minor, Op. 103, D. 940 - 2005
Robert Schumann	Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47 - 1995, 1998, 2008 Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44 - 1997, 2002 Arabesque, Op. 18 - 2003 Piano Trio #2 in F Major, Op. 80 - 2006
Rodion Shchedrin	Carmen Suite for strings & percussion - 2001
Dmitri Shostakovich	Five Pieces for Two Violins & Piano (arr. Atovmian) - 1995 Piano Trio Nr. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 - 1997, 2006 Quintet for Piano and Strings, Op. 57 - 2005
Jean Sibelius	Duo in C Major for Violin and Viola - 2006, 2008
Bedrich Smetana	Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15 - 1995
Johann Matthias Sperger	Sonata in D Major for Viola and Contrabass - 2007
Johann Strauss, Jnr.	Kaiserwalzer (arr. Schoenberg) - 1997 Pizzicato Polka, arr. for piano solo - 1998
John Tavener	Eternal Memory - 2003
Georg Philipp Telemann	Solo V (Oboe Sonata) in B-flat Major from Essercizii musici, TWV 41:B6 - 2005
Tommaso Antonio Vitali	Ciaccona in G minor - 1994, 1998, 2003
Peter Warlock	various songs - 2000
Carl Maria von Weber	Grand Duo Concertant Op. 48 - 1994 Piano Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 8 - 1996 Quintet for Clarinet & Strings in Bb Major - 1998
Ralph Vaughan Williams	Ten Blake Songs - 2005 On Wenlock Edge - 2008


ARTIST ROSTER	(1993 - 2008)

Mark Ackerman, oboe Bruce Adolphe, conductor Anne Aley, French horn John Aley, trumpet Stephanie Arado, violin Pamela Arnstein, violin Lydia Artymiw, piano Tom Ashworth, trombone Christina Baldwin, mezzo-soprano Andréa Banke, oboe Eric Barsness, percussion Vyacheslav Bakis, piano Joël Belgique, viola Susan Billmeyer, piano Kim Bitzan, piano & vocalist Richard Bock, cello Christopher Brown, double bass Karen Clift, soprano Dan Dressen, tenor Brain Duffy, percussion Eli Eban, clarinet William Eddins, piano Gregory Fulkerson, violin Jennifer Gerth, clarinet Erica Goodman, harp Bill Goldman, cello Tracey Gorman, soprano Kathryn Greenbank, oboe Bradley Greenwald, baritone Lowell Greer, French horn David Hagedorn, percussion Peter Halverson, baritone Burt Hara, clarinet Esther Heideman, soprano Susan Hofflander, alto Layton "Skip" James, harpsichord Janus Percussion Jefferson Senior High School Choir - Steve Deitz, director Yuri Kharenko, violin William Klingelhoffer, French horn Stanley Konopka, viola	Joe Korkowski, narrator Adam Kuenzel, flute Céline Leathead, violin Sarah Lewis, cello Nancy MacKenzie, clarinet Manhattan Piano Trio Uri Mayer, conductor Lincoln Mayorga, piano Patricia McCarty, viola Peter McCoppin, conductor Peter McGuire, violin Rainer Moog, viola Dina Michelson Namer, piano Michael Namer, bassoon Norbert Nielubowski, bassoon Melissa O'Neill, mezzo-soprano Joanne Opgenorth, violin Joseph Petric, accordion Kevin Quame, organ James Ramlet, bass Molly Rasinski, violin Stewart Rose, French horn Helene Rottenberg, guitar Janet Roy, violin & viola Gloria Saarinen, piano Saint John's Boys' Choir - Brother Paul Richards, director SCHAG, percussion duo Don Shelby, narrator David Shifrin, clarinet Michal Sobieski, violin Pam Helander Sohriakoff and Sharalee Maslowski, piano duo Ellen Dinwiddie Smith, French horn Tamás Strasser, viola Nina Tobias, cello Topaz, piano trio Katherine Vogele, flute Wendy Waller, soprano Jaime Weisenblum, violin Wendy Williams, flute Herbert Winslow, French horn

Piano Quintet in G minor by Dmitri Shostakovich (2005)

Gregory Fulkerson & Joanne Opgenorth, violins; Lydia Artymiw, piano;

Sarah Lewis, cello; Tamás Strasser, viola

Quintet for Piano and Winds by Beethoven (2005)

Mark Ackerman, oboe; Ellen Dinwiddie Smith, horn, Lydia Artymiw, piano;

Norbert Nielubowski, bassoon; Jennifer Gerth, clarinet

Ralph Vaughan Williams' Ten Blake Songs (2005)

Mark Ackerman, oboe; Dan Dressen, tenor

Piano Trio in A minor by Maurice Ravel (2005)

Stephanie Arado, violin; Sarah Lewis, cello; Susan Billmeyer, piano

Schubert's Octet (2004)

(l. to r.) Gregory Fulkerson & Céline Leathead, violins; Ellen Dinwiddie Smith, horn;

Jennifer Gerth, clarinet; Sarah Lewis, cello; Tamás Strasser, viola;

Norbert Nielubowski, bassoon; Chris Brown, bass

Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano by Aram Khachaturian (2004)

Stephanie Arado, violin; Jennifer Gerth, clarinet; Susan Billmeyer, piano

Antonín Dvorák's String Quintet in G Major (2004)

Gregory Fulkerson & Céline Leathead, violins;

Chris Brown, bass; Sarah Lewis, cello; Tamás Strasser, viola

Family Concert 2002

Jaime Weisenblum conducting a Masterclass (2002)

Beethoven's Choral Fantasy (1999)

Dina Michelson Namer, piano; Esther Heideman, soprano; Melissa O'Neill, mezzo-soprano;

Susan Hofflander, alto; Dan Dressen, tenor; Peter Halverson, baritone; James Ramlet, bass;

the Jefferson Senior High School Concert Choir; the Festival of the Lakes Chamber Orchestra;

Peter McCoppin, conductor

Piano Quartet in G minor by Brahms (1998)

Jaime Weisenblum, violin; Stanley Konopka, viola;

Nina Tobias, cello; Vyacheslav Bakis, piano

Robert Schumann's Piano Quintet (1997)

Jaime Weisenblum & Janet Roy, violins; Dina Michelson Namer, piano;

Nina Tobias, cello; Patricia McCarty, viola

Minnesota Orchestra Principal Flutist Adam Kuenzel conducting a Masterclass (1997)

Camille Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals (1997)

(l. to r.) Dave Hagedorn, percussion; WCCO Television Anchor Don Shelby, narrator;

Vyacheslav Bakis, piano; Jaime Weisenblum and Janet Roy, violins; Adam Kuenzel, flute;

Eli Eban, clarinet; Dina Michelson Namer, piano; Nina Tobias, cello; Patricia McCarty, viola;

Christopher Brown, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Principal Bass

Minnesota Orchestra Principal Clarinetist Burt Hara, pianist Dina Michelson Namer,

and soprano Karen Clift perform Schubert's Shepherd on the Rock (1996)

Burt Hara conducting a Masterclass (1996)

Violist Patricia McCarty, Dina Namer and Burt Hara perform Mozart's Kegelstatt Trio (1996)

Beethoven's Septet (1996)

Jaime Weisenblum, violin; Patricia McCarty, viola; Nina Tobias, cello;

Chris Brown, bass; William Klingelhoffer, horn;

Michael Namer, bassoon; Burt Hara, clarinet